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[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Omiwa in the kabuki play "Imose Yama onna teikin"]  

Publication Date:  circa 1778
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Imoseyama onna teikin
妹背山
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

保元物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
保元の乱
日本 -- 保元の乱
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V]  

Publication Date:  circa 1794
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans  

Publication Date:  circa 1824/1825
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Kojima or Manjū
Measurements:  21.4 x 25.5 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Courtesans
Tobacco pipes
Ichikawa Monnosuke, III
歌舞伎
俳優
懐刀
パイプ (タバコ)
市川門之助 3世
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

魚づくし 鯵と車海老  

Publication Date:  circa 1830
Creator:  歌川, 広重 1世, 1797-1858
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Measurements:  25.5 x 36.5 cm
Subjects:  Poetry
Fishes
魚類
Shrimps
Trachurus japonicus
Mackerels
Toshinoya Tomiharu
Kyōka
Prawns
Horse mackerel
Jack mackerel
エビ
海老
マアジ
サバ
狂歌
和歌
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Ichikawa Monnosuke, II
市川門之助 2世
Sakata Hangorō, 1724-1782
坂田半五郎 2世, 1724-1782
Bandō Mitsugorō, 1745-1782
坂東三津五郎 1世, 1745-1782
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1784
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Osagawa Tsuneyo, fl. 1792-1813
小佐川常世 3世, 1792-1813の栄え
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Hyogo no Kami Yorimasa  

Publication Date:  1858
Creator:  歌川, 芳員, 江戸末期
Utagawa, Yoshikazu, active 1848-1863
Publisher:  Iseya Kanekichi
Subjects:  Inaba province (Japan)
因幡国
Minamoto, Yorimasa, 1104-1180
源, 頼政, 1104-1180
Chairs
椅子
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

鳥獸畧画式  

Publication Date:  文化癸酉 [1813]
Creator:  Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824
北尾政美, 1764-1824, 1764-1824
Publisher:  名前のない
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  27 cm.
Technique:  colour illustrations
Subjects:  Wood-engraving
カラープリント、日本の - 江戸時代、1600-1868
版画
Wood-engraving, Japanese
Color Prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
版画、日本
Birds in art
鳥類
Animals in art
動物
Painting, Japanese
絵画、日本の
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III depicts a woman with a karakasa umbrella  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Umbrellas
Karakasa
傘
からかさ
かさ
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Three geisha carrying momiji branches, with yellow ground  

Publication Date:  circa 1792
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Measurements:  24.5 x 18.0 cm
Subjects:  Geishas
Japanese maple
Trees
Momiji
芸者
イロハモミジ
紅葉
木
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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